VALERIA

"She is the rightful heir to the throne of the Dark Realm; she is a Selenia and the daughter of Gabrielle the Merciful," the White Sorceress introduces me to the crowd gathered in the square after our private meeting with her.

We were standing on the stage used by the village chief.

Their sallow faces, marked by poverty and neglect, look at me with skepticism.

"If she was the heir to the throne, where was she while the Vampire King was destroying the Realm?!"

"Yeah, she was even with hi